The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award
# The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award

The Sporting News established The Sporting News Most Valuable Player Award in 1929. The award was given annually to the player judged by TSN baseball experts as being the most valuable in each league. The awards were discontinued in 1946.

## Key

| * | Also named SN Player of the Year |
| - | - |
| $^†$ | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |

## Awardees

| Year | American League | Club | National League | Club |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1929 | Al $Simmons^†$ | Philadelphia Athletics | None | N/A |
| 1930 | Joe $Cronin^†$ | Washington Senators | Bill $Terry^†$ | New York Giants |
| 1931 | Lou $Gehrig^{†(1)}$ | New York Yankees | Chuck $Klein^{†(1)}$ | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 1932 | Jimmie $Foxx^{†(1)}$ | Philadelphia Athletics | Chuck $Klein^{†(2)}$ | Philadelphia Phillies |
| 1933 | Jimmie $Foxx^{†(2)}$ | Philadelphia Athletics | Carl $Hubbell^{†(1)}$ | New York Giants |
| 1934 | Lou $Gehrig^{†(2)}$ | New York Yankees | Dizzy $Dean^†$ | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1935 | Hank $Greenberg^{†(1)}$ | Detroit Tigers | Arky $Vaughan^†$ | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| 1936 | Lou $Gehrig^{†(3)}$ | New York Yankees | Carl $Hubbell^{†(2)}$ * | New York Giants |
| 1937 | Charlie $Gehringer^†$ | Detroit Tigers | Joe $Medwick^†$ | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1938 | Jimmie $Foxx^{†(3)}$ | Boston Red Sox | Ernie $Lombardi^†$ | Cincinnati Reds |
| 1939 | Joe $DiMaggio^{†(1)}$ * | New York Yankees | Bucky Walters | Cincinnati Reds |
| 1940 | Hank $Greenberg^{†(2)}$ | Detroit Tigers | Frank McCormick | Cincinnati Reds |
| 1941 | Joe $DiMaggio^{†(2)}$ | New York Yankees | Dolph Camilli | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 1942 | Joe $Gordon^†$ | New York Yankees | Mort Cooper | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1943 | Spud Chandler * | New York Yankees | Stan $Musial^†$ | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1944 | Bobby $Doerr^†$ | Boston Red Sox | Marty Marion * | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1945 | Eddie Mayo | Detroit Tigers | Tommy Holmes | Boston Braves |

## Multiple Wins

Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Fox have won the award three times. Every player that won the award more than once are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

| Pitcher | # of Awards | Years |
| - | - | - |
| Lou Gehrig $^†$ | 3 | 1931, 1934, 1936 |
| Jimmie Foxx $^†$ | 3 | 1932, 1933, 1938 |
| Chuck Klein $^†$ | 2 | 1931, 1932 |
| Carl Hubbell $^†$ | 2 | 1933, 1936 |
| Hank Greenberg $^†$ | 2 | 1935, 1940 |
| Joe DiMaggio $^†$ | 2 | 1939, 1941 |
